English Language FAQ

The word OK entered American English in the 19th century and is now one of the most popular in the language. But there is little agreement as to its origins.

In the 1960s engineers at Bell Labs were designing the first touch keyboard telephones.

A rookie is someone new to a particular situation or recently promoted to a higher level of competition or responsibility.

From the Hindi/Sanskrit word 'pandit'. 

Here are the words with the most separate entries in the OED:

It has only two letters but is arguably 'America's greatest word'.  

These are the five most common spelling errors in English:

The terminology surrounding this area is confusing, partly for historical reasons.

For two centuries English has been the majority language in Ireland.